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- ↑ "The Outlier". The Walrus , June 9, 2016. Accessed August 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Hot Shots of '93: They're young and they're dazzling". Vancouver Sun , May 8, 1993.
- 1 2 "Michael Lista, On Poetry: Meeting the Tormentors in Safeway, by Alexandra Oliver". National Post , November 15, 2013.
- 1 2 Alexandra Basekic. McMaster University Faculty of Humanities. Accessed August 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Measured Pleasures: Alexandra Oliver's Let the Empire Down". Arc Poetry Magazine , May 14, 2017. Accessed August 12, 2020.
- ↑ Hail, the Invisible Watchman
